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Page A-12 - Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, July 9, 2020
Profile: Fredericks travel around Washington, Oregon
continued from page A-8
mother a homemaker. When Freder—
ick was 5 years old, his family moved
to his grandparents’ property along
Leach Creek in what was then rural
Lakewood.
“We had the run of the woods,”
Frederick recalled. He and his broth-
er snuck onto nearby Meadow Park
Golf Course to play. Frederick collect-
ed Lincoln pennies, which were pro-
duced from 1909 through the 19303,
and set aside silver dollars.
At Clover Park High School, Fred—
erick sang tenor in the choir. After
graduating in 1966, he enrolled at
the University of Puget Sound in Ta-
coma. He earned a Bachelor of Arts
degree in history in 1970.
A year earlier, Frederick married
Kerri. They had met in August 1968
on a trip to the Oregon coast; his best
friend was marrying her neighbor.
He sent a letter asking her for a date;
one long month later, she sent him a
perfumed letter saying yes.
After graduating from college in
1970, Frederick drew number 121 in
the military draft lottery. During that
period, young men with lottery num-
bers as high as the 2005 were being
shipped off to Vietnam, he said.
At his pre-induction physical,
Frederick tipped the scales at 119
pounds, 4 pounds shy of the mini-
mum weight to be accepted.
“I was pretty excited,” he "said,
“My wife was even more excited.” He
was still at 119 pounds at a follow-up
physicals six months and a year later.
Frederick worked at a pharmacy.
Daughter Jessica was born in 1973,
followed by son Seth in 1975. Then,
“I felt a calling to the ministry,” Fred-
erick recalled.
In 1982, Frederick began preach-
ing at the nondenominational Chris-
tian Faith Center in Seattle. He left
the church in 2001, and after moving
to their summer home on Hammers-
ley Inlet, he started preaching at the
Capital Christian Center in Olympia.
“My whole thing is helping people,”
he said.
During the financial crash of 2008,
the Fredericks lost their retirement
money and looked for a way to re—
build it. They started buying storage
lockers in 2009. The first $175 came
out of their food budget. But they sold
those items at a garage sale for about
$600.
The couple realized in the win-
ter of 2009 they couldn’t continue
to host outdoor sales. In 2010, they
bought the space at 122 W. Cota St.
The name of the business is inspired
by one of their son-in-law’s favorite
stores, Guitar Maniacs. They quickly
realized the space was too small,
bought two adjoining spaces, and tore
down the concrete walls.
People drop by to try to sell belong-
ings to Frederick, but it’s usually “a
lot of junk” such as VHS tapes, beat-
up furniture and old clothes, he said.
He refuses to buy jewelry because he
assumes much of its stolen.
“They always say the same thing:
‘I got this from my grandfather, or '
grandmother,’ ” he said.
The Fredericks travel throughout
Washington and Oregon to buy items
on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednes-
days, and then sell about 70% of
those items on Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays to about 30 dealers
who resell them through their own
businesses and spaces in antique
stores. .
“It saves them a lot of work,” Fred-
erick said. “It’s one-stop shopping.”
The couple’s daughter lives in Cor-
vallis, Oregon; their son in Graham.
They have nine grandchildren.
The Fredericks tend to business
and attend Calvary Fellowship in
Shelton. “That’s all we do,” he said.
Frederick said he wants to take
one of those passions off his list by
the end of the year —— the couple has
placed Garage Sale Maniacs up for
sale.
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